Who has been elected as the new Secretary General of the United Nations?

Who has been elected as the new Secretary General of the United Nations? [A]Anibal Silva [B]Vitaly Antonio [C]Antonio Guterres [D]Matthew Rycroft

Antonio Guterres Portugal’s ex-Prime Minister, Antonio Guterres has been officially appointed as the 9th UN secretary-general by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). For this, the 193 member states of the UNGA adopted a resolution by acclamation to appoint Guterres. He will become the world’s top diplomat on 1st January 2017 when Ban Ki-moon’s second five-year term ends on December 31, 2016.

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